Grill systems

A cooking device, comprising:

• a base and a lid movably coupled to the base, the base and the lid defining an interior chamber configured to cook a food product disposed therein;
• a smoke unit coupled to an external surface of the lid and configured to generate smoke to flavor the food product, the smoke unit including an outer body and a fuel cartridge removably disposed within the outer body, the fuel cartridge defining at least one aperture through which fuel retained within the fuel cartridge is ignitable;
• a fan disposed within the interior chamber, the fan configured to draw air along a flow path initiating within the smoke unit and terminating in the interior chamber, the fan being located at the terminal end and configured to create a low-pressure zone to cause smoke generated by the smoke unit to travel on the flow path to the interior chamber;
• and
• a limiter in fluid communication with the flow path, the limiter being configured to reduce a volume of smoke flowing through the smoke channel,
• wherein the fan is operable in a first cooking mode to cook the food product with convection heating.

A cooking device, comprising:

• a base and a lid movably coupled to the base, the base and the lid defining an interior chamber configured to cook a food product disposed therein;
• a smoke unit coupled to an external surface of the lid and configured to generate smoke to flavor the food product;
• a fan disposed within the interior chamber, the fan configured to draw air along a flow path initiating within the smoke unit and terminating in the interior chamber, the fan being located at the terminal end and configured to create a low-pressure zone to cause smoke generated by the smoke unit to travel on the flow path to the interior chamber;
• and
• a limiter in fluid communication with the flow path, the limiter comprising a solid block disposed within the smoke unit and configured to reduce a fuel capacity of the smoke unit and being configured to reduce a volume of smoke flowing through the smoke channel,
• wherein the fan is operable in a first cooking mode to cook the food product with convection heating.

A cooking device, comprising:

• a base and a lid movably coupled to the base, the base and the lid defining an interior chamber configured to cook a food product disposed therein;
• a smoke unit coupled to an external surface of the lid and configured to generate smoke to flavor the food product, the smoke unit including an outer body and a fuel cartridge removably disposed within the outer body, the fuel cartridge defining at least one aperture through which fuel retained within the fuel cartridge is ignitable;
• a fan disposed within the interior chamber, the fan configured to draw air along a flow path initiating within the smoke unit and terminating in the interior chamber, the fan being located at the terminal end and configured to create a low-pressure zone to cause smoke generated by the smoke unit to travel on the flow path to the interior chamber;
• a limiter in fluid communication with the flow path, the limiter being configured to reduce a volume of smoke flowing through the smoke channel;
• and
• an exhaust extending from the lid, wherein the limiter includes a recirculation opening on the exhaust to fluidly link the exhaust and the interior chamber,
• wherein the fan is operable in a first cooking mode to cook the food product with convection heating.

A method of cooking, comprising:

• loading a fuel cartridge containing a combustible fuel into an outer body, the fuel cartridge and the outer body forming a smoke unit, the smoke unit being coupled to an external surface of a housing of a cooking device, the housing defining an interior chamber configured to receive a food product;
• generating smoke using the smoke unit by combusting the combustible fuel contained within the fuel cartridge;
• operating a fan disposed within the interior chamber
• to draw air along a flow path initiating within the smoke unit and having a terminal end in the interior chamber, and
• to cook food through convection heating, the fan being located at the terminal end;
• and
• actuating a limiter to reduce an amount of smoke drawn into the first end of the smoke channel.